@MISC{De Bromhead2017,title = {When Britain turned inward: Protection and the shift towards Empire in Interwar Britain}, author = {Alan De Bromhead and Alan Fernihough and Markus Lampe and Kevin H. O´Rourke}, year = {2017}, url = {http://www.nber.org/papers/w23164}, language = {EN}, series = {NBER Working Paper 23164}, abstract = {International trade became much less multilateral during the 1930s. Previous studies, looking at aggregate trade flows, have argued that discriminatory trade policies had comparatively little to do with this. Using highly disaggregated information on the UK’s imports and trade policies, we find that policy can explain the majority of Britain’s shift towards Imperial imports in the 1930s. Trade policy mattered, a lot. },}

Abstract

International trade became much less multilateral during the 1930s. Previous studies, looking at aggregate trade flows, have argued that discriminatory trade policies had comparatively little to do with this. Using highly disaggregated information on the UK&#8217;s imports and trade policies, we find that policy can explain the majority of Britain&#8217;s shift towards Imperial imports in the 1930s. Trade policy mattered, a lot.

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When Britain turned inward: Protection and the shift towards Empire in Interwar Britain